1937 World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

1937 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 12-13 (men)
March 1-2 (ladies and pairs)
Season:1937
Location:Austria Vienna, Austria (men)
United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (ladies and pairs)
Venue:Empress Stadion (ladies and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Felix Kaspar
Ladies' singles:
United Kingdom Cecilia Colledge
Pair skating:
Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier
Previous:
1936 World Championships
Next:
1938 World Championships

Men's competitions took place from February 12 to 13 in Vienna, Austria. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from March 1 to 2 also in London, United Kingdom.

Medal table

  *   Host nations (Austria, Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain*1214
2 Austria*1102
3 Germany1001
4 Hungary0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Results

Men

Rank Name Age CF FS Points Places
1 Austria Felix Kaspar221210.301147.468357.7685
2 United Kingdom Graham Sharp192204.623140.616345.23610
3 Kingdom of Hungary Elemer Tertak183199.625138.892338.5217
4 Austria Herbert Alward5197.024139.608336.62819
5 United Kingdom Freddie Tomlins177189.182142.264332.06425
6 Austria Leopold Linhart226194.026137.088331.10830
7 Finland Marcus Nikkanen334197.3810129.528326.90835
8 Belgium Freddy Mesot318187.88130.808318.60842
9 Austria Emil Ratzenhofer2210185.007131.040316.04045
10 Switzerland Lucian Büeler269186.5211123.228309.74852
11 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Sadílek2511183.489129.780313.26050

Judges:

  • Switzerland A. Huber
  • Austria Rudolf Kaler
  • Czechoslovakia B. Pavliska
  • Nazi Germany Fritz Schober
  • Kingdom of Hungary Andor Szende

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Cecilia Colledge7
2 United Kingdom Megan Taylor14
3 Sweden Vivi-Anne Hultén25.5
4 France Hedy Stenuf31.5
5 Austria Emmy Putzinger32
6 Austria Hanne Niernberger42
7 United Kingdom Belita Jepson-Turner49
8 United Kingdom Gladys Jagger58
9 Nazi Germany Martha Mayerhans70
10 Switzerland Angela Anderes72
11 Nazi Germany Victoria Lindpaintner67
12 United States Audrey Peppe78

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier8.5
2 Austria Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin14.5
3 United Kingdom Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff24.5
4 Kingdom of Hungary Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy30.5
5 Nazi Germany Inge Koch / Günther Noack31.5
6 Kingdom of Italy Anna Cattaneo / Ercole Cattaneo42.5
7 Poland Stephanie Kalus / Erwin Kalus46.5
8 Czechoslovakia Feda Kalenčíková / Karel Globar53.5

Judges:

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
  • newspaper Berliner Tageblatt, 4 March 1937
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.